I just had a call with researcher asking about the impact that Google's recent removal of right-side ads and including four ads at the top of the results had on organic search engine behavior. During the call I was able to reference some of the data we have in Google Search Console to see (if any)...

The chance of a lifetime for an SEO practitioner to speak with a former Google Webspam employee happened this morning (March 17, 2015) resulting in pages of notes and insights. While we can't divulge the names of our contact, we will say they played a major role in the foundation of filters and...

Authoritative online entities, such as WebMD, Amazon, Wall Street Journal, and Buzzfeed have enough domain authority to rank on the first page of Google for just about any search term they'd like. So how do regular folks such as you and I compete when these entities have more budget, more...

For an inbound marketer, there is no feeling worse than watching a competitor game their way to the top of search results. While you're out there spending money on public relations, helping the community, and building the absolute best reputation of anyone in your industry, your competitor has his...

For years now, so-called SEO experts have been preaching a rhetoric of "Content is King" philosophy, backed by little substance, few or no examples, and without reference to analytic reports. Grassroots search engine optimization involved website optimization, which later became the poor stepchild...

Search engine optimization as we know it is changing. Authenticated individuals and how they interact with content seem to be the future's largest ranking signal, followed by the quality of the content, how it's presented on any device and browser, and (losing ground) how it is linked to. Old...

I read a post today from a friend of mine Neil Patel, Founder of KISSmetrics and Crazy Egg that was too good not to share. The post is entitled, 5 Ways to Get Your Infographic to Go Viral, and is nothing short of genius. Neil and I spoke at an event in Torrance, CA last year. My talk was Google...

Just as I whining about Google Image Search again today and ironically saw the new Sort by Subject option, it occurred to me that I had forgotten about an important topic relating to a different type of search: local search. When optimizing for a specific geography, the question always comes...

A long-standing, but rarely discussed, in internet marketing is choosing the best permalink structure for higher overall placement in search results. I myself have studied taxonomy and have had outstanding results with matching my website directory structure with my URL structure, a common practice...